They say that smells trigger more memories than any of the other five senses. Well, if that's true, I know taste must run a close second.For instance, to me, a hot dog never tastes quite right unless there's a racecar running in front of it. That belief must have come from all the food at racetracks my father took me to when I was still a little boy.
I like to think I'm at least a semi-straight shooter in this space. I could defend myself against critics by saying I'm more honest than most of the politicians you vote for every two and four years. But that would be like shooting fish in a barrel. And I like to think that over the years I've taken on some of the hard issues, the regional sacred cows when the dailies wouldn't. Or at least didn't.
I have a sign that I put up on the front of my house every Halloween. It says 'You Can't Scare Me, I Have Teenagers."While this statement has proven true on many occasions, it's also true that the only things that can scare me are my teenagers themselves. Sometimes all they need to do is come up to me and ask me for money. Or tell me they have a girlfriend.
Soccer celebs and hundreds of soccer players and fans packed the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center for Soccerpalooza, during which Kurt Grevstad was named the Washington State Youth Soccer Recreational Girls Team Coach of the Year.
KURT GREVSTAD WINS STATEWIDE SOCCER HONOR Soccer celebs and hundreds of soccer players and fans packed the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center for Soccerpalooza, during which Kurt Grevstad was named the Washington State Youth Soccer Recreational Girls Team Coach of the Year.
MAGNOLIA ORGANIZATION SAYS CITY DRAGGING FEET They call themselves the Sustainable Neighborhoods Coalition, and the newly formed Magnolia organization has called for a six-month moratorium on plans for developing Fort Lawton after the Army Reserve moves out in a few years.
AS SOMMERS EXITS 36TH DISTRICT, TWO POLITICIANS MAKE BID FOR JOB Three hopefuls have signed on to run for a 36th District legislative seat that became vacant with the retirement of former Rep. Helen Sommers (D-Magnolia). Covering Queen Anne, Magnolia, Belltown, Ballard, Phinney Ridge, Greenwood and Fremont, the district is heavily Democratic by tradition, and two of the candidates are Democrats.
KIDS AT COE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TACKLE UNDERWATER OPERA Children performing an entire opera for the public may seem a far-fetched notion, but at Coe Elementary School it has been a reality-for three years. And now the ambitious volunteer-run project atop Queen Anne Hill takes a quantum leap with the world premiere of a new opera, "The World Below."
KIDS AT COE ELEMENTARY TACKLE UNDERWATER OPERA Children performing an entire opera for the public may seem a far-fetched notion, but at Coe Elementary School it has been a reality-for three years. And now the ambitious volunteer-run project atop Queen Anne Hill takes a quantum leap with the world premiere of a new opera, "The World Below."
Seattle University professor Andrew Franz has a diverse resume. He spent 18 years in the Washington state National Guard, was a Republican candidate for the Washington state House of Representatives in 2006 and had been an instructor in Seattle University's military science department since 2000.But Franz' career took a darker turn with his May 9 arrest in Freemont County, Colo. Franz, 41, was arrested after allegedly attempting to set up a sexual encounter with a minor.
Now that a gallon of gas costs as much as a double-tall soy latte, sustainability, living green and conservation are no longer fringe ideas. "It's becoming mainstream," said architect Jim Burton, of Blip Design. "People are realizing we've got to make a change. It's kind of a necessity with global warming."
Some two dozen Broadway area business people and residents learned that the post office is looking for new digs in the Broadway business district and will move, maybe, in two years when the current lease at Broadway and East Denny Way expires.
a kaleidoscope divine'"- from "A Broadway Pageant" by Walt WhitmanTo ensure she wouldn't pass by unnoticed or have people mistakenly think she took leave this year - and thus left them to suffer through icy down-pours and then sweltering heat all in succession - Spring returned with an exclamation point this last weekend.
It's about time the Emerald City got a starring role. After so many movies set in Seattle filmed in Vancouver, too many people think the Space Needle looks like Harbour Centre Tower. The festival's opening night gala film, "The Battle in Seattle," recreates the street conflicts during the 1999 WTO Ministerial Conference. But while this star-studded drama offers our town a sprinkling of Hollywood glamour, there are other films that capture our character on a smaller scale.
Talk about an uphill battle. A Republican running for a seat in the Washington state House of Representatives from the 43rd District faces pretty daunting odds. Should such a person choose, for instance, to run against incumbent Frank Chopp, he or she would know that Chopp won reelection in 2004 and 2006, with 85 and 90 percent of the vote, respectively. That person would also know that Chopp is the speaker of the House.